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Ben Winston

Ben Winston

Producer and director, also writer · Born October 13, 1981 (45) · England, UK

13 Primetime Emmys · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Born
October 13, 1981 (45)
From
England, UK
Works as
Producer and director, also writer
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 17% in 30 days

What are Ben Winston's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Genres

Documentary15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Music6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Music movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
28%
Self
28%
Ideas
18%
Bonds
12%
Survival
7%
Morality
6%
Power
2%
Art10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 24 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 20 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 14 · Charged 10 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 24 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
19
Warm
19
Hopeful
8
Tense
5
Contemplative
7
Other
25

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ben Winston's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ben Winston's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

  • Mumford & Sons: The House Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • After Hours with James Corden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 26 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • One Shot with Ed Sheeran(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Wicked: One Wonderful Night(2025)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • A Carpool Karaoke Christmas(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Paris & Nicole: The Encore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • An Evening with Dua Lipa(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • We Will Dance Again(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Holiday Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • 'Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Kardashians(2022)

    Show 70 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Super Greed: The Fight for Football(2022)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • An Audience with Adele(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Adele: One Night Only(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Friends: The Reunion(2021)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • Shawn Mendes: In Wonder(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Happy Together(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • After the Screaming Stops(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Seatbelt Psychic(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Carpool Karaoke(2017)

    Show 22 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Harry Styles: Behind the Album(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Sam Smith: On the Record(2017)

    Producer

  • Run the Tide(2016)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • House of Flying Arrows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Associate Producer

  • I Am Bolt(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Jimmy Carr: Funny Business(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Level Up(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • White Island(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

  • One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • When Corden Met Barlow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • One Direction: This Is Us(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Class of '92(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Piggy(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • JLS: Eyes Wide Open (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • One Direction: A Year in the Making (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Grammys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Tony Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 2 episodes · Additional Writing · Producer

  • The Mickey Mouse Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 41 titles, 40 of them dated from 1956 to 2026.

Biggest box office

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

$74M worldwide

Highest rated

Adele: One Night Only (2021)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 41: 4 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 41: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing36 of 41: 32 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score95thOther crew2 of 41: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

41 titles, 4 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1950s2 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s25 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

13 Primetime Emmys and 1 other major award from 41 major nominations, 2016–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
  2. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  3. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
  4. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Entertainment Programme
  5. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
  6. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Specials
  7. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Interactive Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
  8. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Interactive Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Short-Form Program
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Special Class Program
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Interactive Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
  2. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Interactive Program
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Ben Winston's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 93rd percentile, the median of the 30 of 31 with a score; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 35 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · producer

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

99th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Adele: One Night Only (2021)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ben Winston work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ben Winston's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leo Pearlman shares the most, 11.

Directors

  • Paul Dugdale7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Paul Dugdale
  • Chris Howe4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Chris Howe
  • Ben Turner10 titles · 3 as director    See all 10 shared titles with Ben Turner
  • Gabe Turner9 titles · 2 as director    See all 9 shared titles with Gabe Turner

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Leo Pearlman11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Leo Pearlman
  • Siena Castillo8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Siena Castillo
  • Heather Greenwood8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Heather Greenwood
  • Carly Shackleton6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Carly Shackleton

Mixed roles